Trump Calls His SecDef Nominee Pete Hegseth With Encouragement: 'Keep Going, Keep Fighting'

I’m sorry, I put that thing in what? | Image: Nissan Nissan put out a tutorial video for Ariya owners today that shows how to use a Tesla NACS adapter with the vehicle, and it includes a step completely out of left field: shove a small piece of plastic into your car’s CCS port before you connect the adapter. The Ariya is Nissan’s first EV with a CCS port, and the automaker just activated the vehicle’s ability to connect to Tesla’s vast Supercharger network in October. Other manufacturers have also adopted Tesla’s NACS standard, with companies like Ford and Rivian already shipping adapters to current EV owners. But none of those EVs need you to take a confusing extra step to make the adapter work. As explained in the video, the NACS adapter available through Nissan includes a “plug adapter” that must be installed into the hourglass-shaped cavity between the two DC pins at the bottom before charging at NACS-capable fast charging stations. Nissan assures the viewer that its “simple” and requires no tools. However, you will need to use the adapter it provides or from a US dealership, which may mean other third-party options like the Lectron adapter might not work. (Probably for the best, considering the Lectron adapter was recently recalled.) What’s odd about the Ariya’s charge port is that despite being a standard that works at many CCS-capable fast charging stations, there is some negative hollow space between the two direct current pins at the bottom that isn’t present on most other EVs. The plastic piece that Nissan wants you to stuff into the opening fills in the gap to look more like other CCS ports. We asked Nissan what the purpose of the opening is and why the insert is needed, but have not heard back at time of publication. Nissan’s other EV model is the pioneering Leaf, which uses the all-but-obsolete CHAdeMO standard and probably won’t get some magic adapter to connect to Tesla’s Supercharger network (although there are some CHAdeMO to CCS adapters now). EV ownership is already rife with competing standards, janky software, and fragmented confusion. Somehow, Nissan managed to add another step that leaves customers juggling multiple pieces of plastic just to get their $40,000 electric SUV to operate properly.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you keep your passwords stored on Apple’s iCloud, you can access those passwords on Firefox through an official iCloud Passwords extension, as spotted by MacRumors. However, the extension only supports macOS Sonoma or later, so you won’t be able to use it with Windows. If you do need to access your iCloud passwords on Windows, you can access them by downloading iCloud for Windows and the iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome or Edge instead. We’ve asked Apple if it plans to add support for Windows to its Firefox extension. Another developer originally made the Firefox extension, but Apple has taken it over, according to a notice on the extension’s GitHub page. Apple is “now the sole owners in charge of maintaining their own official iCloud Passwords extension,” the developer says. The extension’s repository and source code aren’t linked to it anymore except for “historical reasons.”

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Wednesday said he was "unsure" on whether he would vote for Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense but would consider "voting yes" if President-elect Donald Trump selected Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the post instead.

Newsmax again beat CNN in key ratings on Monday, Nielsen reported.

As Pete Hegseth's nomination to be secretary of defense continues to come under scrutiny, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday that a meeting between the two was canceled.

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday slammed The Wall Street Journal over an article claiming he was dealt a "setback" over Pete Hegseth, his nominee for Secretary of Defense, and Chad Chronister, who had been his initial pick to head the Drug Enforcement Agency.

French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos.

NEW YORK — New York City prosecutors have vowed to punish the wall-crawling menace known as Spider-Man for acting on his own accord to save the lives of dozens of people on a subway.

POMONA, CA — Local woman Shandy Beauregard has already spent $1,000 of her $500 Christmas bonus, much to the amazement of her husband.